Grain-binder attachment



E. S. ERICKSON.

GRAIN BINDER ATTACHMENT- APPLICATION FILED Aus.2a. 1920.

1,390,894. Patent ec lSept. 13, 1921.

UNITED STATES EDUABD S. ERICKSON, OF DE LAMERE, NORTH DAKOTA.

GRAIN-BINDER armcniunur.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

Application filed August 28, 1920. Serial No. 406,536.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDUARD S. ERICKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at De Lamere, in the county of Sargent and State of North Dakota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Grain-Binder Attachments, of which the following is a speci fication.

Thisinvention has for its object, the provision of a grain binder attachment designed to hold grain in a position until the bundle is formed and properly tied.

Binders with whichI am familiar do not satisfactorily hold the bundle in a position to be properly tied. The springs emloyed bear against the bundle, while it is Being formed, and when the bundle is near full size, the springs yield, making it impossible to tie said bundle tight, this being especially true with grain that is well filled, as the head or heavy end of the bundle sags. Consequently the bundle is not tied straight or tight, but sort of on a diagonal line, so that it is very loose after being deposited upon the ound.

The present invention overcomes these objections by providing an attachment for the usual trip-arm of the hinder, the attachment being designed to cooperate with the said arm in forming a substantial wall or support to stabilize the bundle. The invention revents slipping of the bundle while it is eing formed, and supports the bundle in a manner to insure proper tying of the same.

Another object of importance resides in the relative arrangement of the attachment with respect to the trip arm, so that the latter tightens the bundle in the center or where the twine passes around the bundle.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detail description is read in con nection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this a plication, like numerals of reference in icate similar parts in the several views and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the binder attachment showing the manner in which the same is mounted on the binder.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the attachment forming the subject matter of the invention.

Referring to the drawings in detail, A indicates generally the binder of Well known construction, wherein B indicates the bundle carrier and the usual trip arm indicated at. C, against which the grain is supported while the bundle is being formed and tied. D indicates the spring usually employed in connection with binders of this character, the spring being provided to bear against the bundle to assist in holding the latter in normal position to be tied.

The device forming the subject matter of my invention, is illustrated in Fig. 2, and consists of a single element of substantially U-shaped formation. The body or cross piece of the element is indicated at 10, and from the opposite ends of which project the parallel limbs 11. Projecting from the cross piece 10 and at right angles to the limbs 11 is an attaching lug 13 having an elongated slot 14 for the reception of the fastening member 15 utilized in holding the attachment fixed upon the binder. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the lug 13 is arranged to bear against the usual trip arm C of the hinder, the fastening element 15 being passed through the elongated slot 14 and through an opening in the arm C for holding the attachment in position for use. When applied to the arm C, the spaced parallel limbs 11 of the attachment are vertically disposed, or

in other words, in parallelism to the arm C,- although the limbs 11 lie in a plane at the rear of the arm C. The slot 14 of the attaching lug permits the attachment to be adjusted with relation to the trip arm C to vary the distance between the limbs 11 and the said arm C as the occasion requires. With the attachment in position upon the binder, the parallel limbs 11 form with the trip arm C a wall or support against which the grain bears while the bundle is being formed, this support stabilizing the bundle in a manner to hold the latter in proper position so that it can be tied very tightly about the center. While the bundle is being formed, the trip arm C by reason of its position with respect to the limbs 11, presses against the bundle at the center, tightening it at this point, or in other Words at the point where the twine passes around the bundle where the latter is being tied. The invention is very simple in construction, and

can be manufactured and sold at a nominal cost, and applied to any binder without making a change in the latter.

WVhile it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature and advantages of the invention Will be readily apparent, I desire to have it understood that I donot limit myself in this connection, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall Within the scope of what is claimed.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new'is:--

1. A grain binder attachment comprising a member designed to cooperate with the trip arm of the binder to provide a Wall or support for the bundle, and an adjustable 'connection between the attachment and said arm whereby the attachment can be moved toward and away from the latter.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a grain binder attachment comprising a substantially U-shaped element, and a lug projecting centrally from the cross piece of said element for securing the latter to the trip arm of the binder in a manner whereby the spaced limbs of the element are arranged in parallelism with the said trip arm.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a grain binder attachment comprising a substantially U-shaped element, an attaching lug carried by the cross piece of said element and adapted to be secured to the trip arm of the binder, parallel limbs of said element lying in parallelism with said trip arm, and in a plane at the rear thereof.

4:. As a new article of manufacture, a grain binder attachment comprising a U shaped element, an attaching lug projecting from said element and having an elongated slot, means for attaching the lug to the trip arm of the binder whereby the attachment may be moved toward and away from said arm and the parallel limbs of said element being arranged in parallelism with said arm A and at a plane at the rear thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EDUARD S. ERICKSON. 

